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Personal info

Full name
ZIMMERMAN, Griffin Mark Jr "Griff"
Date of birth
15 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36034561
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
3rd Battalion,
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Hill 98.1
Merzenhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Griffin M. Zimmerman (father)
Agnes E. (Madsen) Zimmerman (mother)
Mildred (Lowell) Zimmerman (stepmother)
Jean (Lois) Zimmerman (wife)
Katherine J. Zimmerman (daughter)

More information

Pfc Griffin M. Zimmerman Jr. graduated from Schurz High School in 1933 and attended the University of Illinois. He was employed at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 4 June 1941.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / US WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Cook County - Illinois Marriage Index, http://www.oldhickory30th.com/MerzenhausenBattle.htm, Hell on Wheels: The 2nd Armored Infantry Division, Volume 2; Volume 67, Donald Eugen Houston, Jan 1, 1977, page 321, www.memorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof / Steve Helberg, Carl Shurz Senior High School 1933 yearbook, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, University of Illinois Yearbook 1935